Married Christian preschool teacher arrested for sex with teenage boy

[alp227]

The suspect is Jenifer Stitzel, who is accused of having sexual contact with a 14-year-old boy in the 8th grade at Central Valley Christian School. Stitzel teaches at a Christian preschool. Jonathan Turley summarizes: "The boy’s parents reportedly found sexually explicit text messages from Stitzel on his phone."

Of all the inappropriate teacher/student sexual relationships I've heard of, this is really bizarre, given that both are involved in parochial education. Way to follow the 10 Commandments!

Read more:
http://jonathanturley.org/2009/12/07/off-on-a-tangent-teacher-displays-trust-in-arrest-for-child-molestation/
and
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/12/albany_preschool_teacher_arres.html

[MineralMan]

1. She was just "showing him the way to Heaven..."

Feh!

[malaise]

21. Oops

Let us Prey!!! :popcorn:

[NYC_SKP]

2. We need 11: "Though shalt not covet thy neighbors' children." n/t

[BrklynLiberal]

3. oops. Another one bites the dust.

[seabeyond]

4. christians dont have sex? why the hell is this any different from any other abuse of a child

what an absurd conclusion.

people want to demand they not live off their religious high road on the one hand then want to use it against them on another.

parochial has nothing to do with this. it is all about wrong

[AspenRose]

14. Shhh. Let the christian-bashers have their fun.

It's especially fun to do it around Christmastime. Lends an extra punch.

[Hubert Flottz]

29. She just wanted to give the little boy some pie for Xmas...

[Caliman73]

17. I think that the problem people have with situations involving religious people

is that it implies hypocrisy. I think we all engage in hypocrisy at some point, but people are especially angry at how some of the more fundamentalist Christians are trying to dictate people's behaviors based on their religious beliefs. When a Christian engages in this kind of behavior it shows that a pious life on the surface is not enough to keep someone away from doing really messed up things. I agree that it should be just about how an adult violated a child, but when a vocal group is trying to curtail freedoms and dictate social norms, you are going to have reaction when any member of a similar group gets into trouble.

[AspenRose]

19. You are on a roll today.

:thumbsup:

Anti-hypocrisy. Let me rephrase that! Just about anyone would support that.

[seabeyond]

22. then say they are hypocrites. but to say their behavior more bizarre is absurd and

actually suggesting that their behavior is or should be superior in some way. it is no more bizarre than any other pervert that choses this behavior.

i didn't like the way the comment was. not the suggestion that SOME christians today are living a very hypocritical lifestyle that is conducive to sexual misbehavior or however one would like to say it.

living in fundieville i certainly see, know and speak out against the hypocrisy. was the wording of the comment from op that bothered me.

[Caliman73]

34. I like to speak directly and call things as I see them....

Perhaps the OP simply did not phrase their shock correctly. Perhaps the OP has a hatred for religion and the religious. I know that some people get so upset and aggravated by the behavior of certain individuals within a broad group that they tend to think that all members of the group, no matter how diverse, possess the same flaws.

I agree with you that the behavior I found bizarre and troubling was the adult finding a 14 year old sexually attractive, so much so as to pursue a relationship with that 14 year old. I agree that where the teacher taught and where the kid went to school should not be the sole focus of the outrage as in the OP, but you have to admit that it does add to the problem.

I grew up Catholic and went to Catholic schools from 2nd grade to High School. I know first hand that we can misbehave just like anybody else. We are expected to behave better than others though. I don't like that pigeon hole, but it is what it is, and religious people tend to put other religious people into that situation by demanding that society follow principles set out by their particular group.

[seabeyond]

40. ah

the catholic then and the catholic now... two different people

i never did religion. dont believe in religion. i never felt religion better told me how to behave or looked for guidence and parents never made me. but i always always hung out with the catholic. always the most layed back. married a non practicing catholic, lol

i had kids go to christian school up to 4th grade, 2004. after nov elections pulled them out and put them in public school. it was a wonderfully eye opening experience in exactly what was and is happening with this christian in the u.s.

interesting stuff

i dont feel the need to defend christians. i understand why people are angry at christians. i am too

[Schema Thing]

5. "...our lesson today is from Ezekial 23:20..."

no seriously, look it up. ;)

[EOTE]

8. Ewwwwww

"There she lusted after her lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of horses"

Which makes me wonder how the writer(s) of this passage knew what horse emissions were like. I'm gonna go vomit now.

[Xicano]

13. "emission?"

LOL

[bertman]

18. Nomadic tribes. Horses domesticated for transport. Horses domesticated for warfare.

People bred stallions with mares so they could get more horses. Sometimes the stallion missed the mark.

Elementary equine sex ed. Nothing kinky to it. A natural thing if your life revolves around horses.

[AngryAmish]

6. oh, that is brutal

[loyalkydem]

7. So its

okay for a hot school teacher to have sex with a teenage boy but its wrong or gay people to have rights. I smell something foul in the air.

[lpbk2713]

10. You have very broad parameters for "hot"

Did you see the pic attached to the article?

[yellowcanine]

32. See pic here and weep for the kid.

[AspenRose]

11. Apparently it's not okay - she got arrested.

[arcadian]

9. She must have been "flirty fishing"

Look it up.

[yellowcanine]

33. hookers for Jesus, yeah baby.

[historian]

12. dont you love it?

everytime those sanctimonious hypocrites rave about jesus etc...they are eventually toppled.

[AspenRose]

15. As they should be

[rcrush]

16. Its funny how life imitates South Park episodes.

[derby378]

20. I smell REHAB!

Good call. This is seriously not cool.

[rcrush]

25. Someone should tell that kid

That he can wait till he's in his 30's when he's already old and boring to throw his life away.

[enid602]

23. learn

How else was he supposed to learn to speak in tongues? Sheesh!!

[dgibby]

24. She was just trying to help him get "raptured", so to speak!

No doubt gawd told her to do it.:evilgrin:

[Union Yes]

26. Christian Authoritarianism is immoral. knr nt

[JonQ]

27. I don't know if this really applies to the 10 commandments

which ones exactly?

[alp227]

28. OBVIOUSLY the one against adultery

Thou shalt not commit adultery...ESPECIALLY on a child, that is criminal!

[JonQ]

30. I don't think the article mentioned that she was married

adultery would require that one or both were married.

And the bible isn't exactly opposed to sex with teenagers.

[Obamanaut]

35. The Oregonlive link mentioned it. n/t

[JonQ]

36. Ah ok

then it would be adultery yes.

The first link was fairly short on details. I didn't check the other.

[dustbunnie]

37. She is married.

They didn't fornicate, but the kissing is probably enough for a stoning.

Love the t-shirt. :rofl:

[yellowcanine]

31. Whoa - Even at 14 I wasn't that desperate.

[DavidDvorkin]

38. My reaction, too.

[slackmaster]

39. My ghawd, that is one ugly woman

:puke: